Gene Hackman Quotes

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

You can't test courage cautiously.

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.

For all men would be cowards if they durst.

Caution. Caution is nothing but cowardice!

Action conquers fear.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

Calculation never made a hero.

I'd like to think that I'm brave. That's a really wonderful personality trait to have. I would love to think I'm the type of person to go rescue someone.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

I've always been curious about why one man jumps out of a foxhole with a grenade and charges a machine gun nest, and his buddy next to him sits there cowering. And my feeling is that the difference is tiny between the two.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.

Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.

Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness, and France is saved.

Courage? Well, that's a difficult quality to define. If a man has never known fear can you call him courageous?

You've got to be brave.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism

The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on.

Courage in danger is half the battle.